Football Preview: Oak Grove Panthers vs. Central Blue Eagles
The Oak Grove Panthers's homestand will continue as they prepare to take on the Central Blue Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Oak Grove is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 26.3 points per game this season.
Oak Grove's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Center 44-0 at home. The Panthers' offense checked out after the first half but had enough points banked to take the game anyway.
Noah Spencer was a one-man wrecking crew for Oak Grove as he rushed for 109 yards and three touchdowns. Spencer showed off some serious burst, cutting through the defense on one rush that went for 50 yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Austin Scarborough, who rushed for 68 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Oak Grove was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 229 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 88.7 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three matchups they've averaged 225.
Meanwhile, Central was not able to break out of their rough patch last Friday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They were dealt a 60-0 defeat at the hands of Washington. The game marked the first time this season in which the Blue Eagles were not able to get on the board.
Oak Grove is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 4-2 record this season. As for Central, their loss dropped their record down to 0-5.
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